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अध्याय-८
bondage.” Since passions (kaşāya) exist only till the tenth guṇasthāna, up to this stage, duration-bondage (sthitibandha) and fruition-bondage (anubhavabandha) are possible; not in the higher stages. Since activity (yoga) exists till the thirteenth guṇasthāna, up to this stage, nature-bondage (prakrtibandha) and space-bondage (pradeśabandha) are possible. In the fourteenth gunasthāna, since activity (yoga) is absent, there is no bondage. Now the kinds of nature-bondage (prakstibandha) are described.
आद्यो ज्ञानदर्शनावरणवेदनीयमोहनीयायुर्नामगोत्रान्तरायाः ॥४॥
[आद्यो] पहला अर्थात् प्रकृतिबन्ध [ ज्ञानदर्शनावरणवेदनीयमोहनीयायुर्नामगोत्रान्तरायाः ] ज्ञानावरण, दर्शनावरण, वेदनीय, मोहनीय, आयु, नाम, गोत्र और अन्तराय - इन आठ प्रकार का है।
The nature-bondage (prakstibandha) is of eight kinds: knowledge-obscuring - jñānāvaraņa, perceptionobscuring - darśanāvaraṇa, feeling-producing – vedanīya, deluding – mohanīya, life-determining – āyuḥ, namedetermining or physique-making - nāma, statusdetermining - gotra, and obstructive - antarāya.
The first, nature-bondage (prakrtibandha), must be understood to be of eight kinds. 'Covers' or 'is covered by' is covering (āvaraña). This is added to the first two karmas – knowledge-covering (jñānāvaraņa) and perception-covering (darśanāvaraņa). 'Feels' or 'is felt by' is by the feeling-producing (vedanīya) karma. 'Deludes' or 'is deluded by'is by the deluding (mohanīya) karma. That by which one takes the mode or life as a hell-being, and so on, is life-determining (āyuḥ) karma.
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